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Praised be You, my Lord, with all your creatures,
especially Sir Brother Sun,
Who is the day and through whom You give us light.

St. Francis of Assisi

The Canticle of Brother Sun

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Topic

The sun

Speaker

St. Francis of Assisi

Source

The Canticle of Brother Sun

Medium

Song

Language

Umbrian

Time

1226 1220s 13th century

Era

Middle Ages

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

Francis of Assisi. Cantico di frate Sole [Canticle of Brother Sun]. c. 1226.

Current Citation

Francis of Assisi. Canticle of the Sun, illustrated by Fiona French. Ignatius Press, 2006.

No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.

C.S. Lewis

A Grief Observed

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Topic

Grief Mourning

Author

C.S. Lewis

Source

A Grief Observed

Language

English

Time

1961 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Lewis, C.S., published as N.W. Clerk. A Grief Observed. Faber and Faber, 1961, ch. 1.

All shall be well, and all shall be well and all manner of thing shall be well.

Julian of Norwich

Revelatons of Divine Love

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Everything will be ok Things get better

Author

Julian of Norwich

Source

Revelatons of Divine Love

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Prophecies and predictions

Language

English

Time

1395 1390s 14th century

Era

Middle Ages

Authentication Score 0

Original Citation

Julian of Norwich. Revelations of Divine Love. London, c. 1670.

Current Citation

Julian of Norwich. Revelations of Divine Love, translated by Barry Windeatt. Oxford University Press, 2015, ch. 27.

O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!

Apostle Paul

Romans 11:33

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Topic

God's wisdom Nature of God God

Author

Apostle Paul

Source

Romans The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

56 50s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Romans 11:33).

But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. For since by man came death, by Man also came the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive.

Apostle Paul

1st Corinthians 15:20-22

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Resurrection of Jesus Salvation through Jesus Salvation

Author

Apostle Paul

Source

1st Corinthians The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

55 50s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (1st Corinthians 15:20-22).

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

Apostle Paul

Philippians 4:13

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God's strength

Author

Apostle Paul

Source

Philippians The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

62 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: New American Standard Bible. The Lockman Foundation, 1971. (Philippians 4:13).

The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.

Apostle Paul

1st Corinthians 15:26

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Overcoming death

Author

Apostle Paul

Source

1st Corinthians The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

55 50s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (1st Corinthians 15:26).

Early impressions are hard to eradicate from the mind. When once wool has been dyed purple, who can restore it to its previous whiteness?

St. Jerome

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Topic

First impressions

Author

St. Jerome

Medium

Letter

Language

Latin

Time

403 400s 5th century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

Saint Jerome. Letter to Laeta. c. 403, sect. 4.

Current Citation

Saint Jerome. "Letter CVII." Select Letters of Saint Jerome. Aeterna Press, 2015, sect. 4.

For, where God built a church, there the devil would also build a chapel... In such sort is the devil always God's ape.

Martin Luther

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Topic

The devil

Author

Martin Luther

Source

Table Talk (Luther)

Language

German

Time

1546 1540s 16th century

Era

Protestant Reformation

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Luther, Martin. Tischreden [Table Talk]. Eisleben, 1566.

Current Citation

Luther, Martin. The Table Talk of Martin Luther, edited by Thomas S. Kepler. Dover Press, 2005.

The heart is like a viper, hissing, and spitting poison at God.

Jonathan Edwards

Men Naturally God's Enemies

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Topic

God and man Sinfulness

Author

Jonathan Edwards

Source

Men Naturally God's Enemies

Medium

Sermon

Genre

Religious literature

Language

English

Time

1736 1730s 18th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Edwards, Jonathan. "Men Naturally God's Enemies." Aug. 1736, United States, sect. 1.

Current Citation

Edwards, Jonathan. "Men Naturally God's Enemies." The Works of Jonathan Edwards, edited by Edward Hickman. Vol. 2, Banner of Truth, 1995, sect. 1.

Amazing love! How can it be
That Thou, my God, shouldst die for me?

Charles Wesley

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Topic

God and man Salvation

Author

Charles Wesley

Medium

Hymn Song

Language

English

Time

1738 1730s 18th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Wesley, Charles. "Free Grace." Hymns and Sacred Poems. London: Strahan, 1739.

Allow me to depart to the house of the Father.

Pope John Paul II

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Topic

Heaven Death

Speaker

Pope John Paul II

Medium

Last words

Statement Type

Last words

Language

Polish

Time

2005 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Pope John Paul II. Quoted in "Vatican Details Final Days of Pope John Paul II." Written by Brian Wingfield. The New York Times, 18 Sept. 2005. Originally his last words before he died on 2 Apr. 2005.

The just shall live by faith.

Apostle Paul

Romans 1:17

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Topic

Faith

Author

Apostle Paul

Source

Romans The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

56 50s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Romans 1:17).

For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.

Apostle Paul

Romans 8:29-30

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Predestination Calvinism

Author

Apostle Paul

Source

Romans The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

56 50s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Romans 8:29-30).

Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.

Apostle Paul

Acts 16:31

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Salvation through faith Salvation Faith

Speaker

Apostle Paul

Source

Book of Acts The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

62 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Acts 16:31).

The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by man, nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything.

Apostle Paul

Acts 17:24-26

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Topic

Nature of God God and man

Speaker

Apostle Paul

Source

Acts The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

62 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Acts 17:24-26).

If there is but little water in the stream, it is the fault, not of the channel, but of the source.

St. Jerome

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Topic

Assigning blame

Author

St. Jerome

Medium

Letter

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

Latin

Time

379 370s 4th century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Saint Jerome. Letter to Presbyter Marcus. c. 379, sect. 2.

Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

Apostle Paul

2nd Corinthians 6:14

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Topic

Christians and non-Christians

Author

Apostle Paul

Source

2nd Corinthians The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Question

Language

Greek

Time

56 50s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (2nd Corinthians 6:14).

Three things are necessary for man to be saved: knowledge of what is to be believed, knowledge of what is to be desired, and knowledge of what is to be done.

St. Thomas Aquinas

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Salvation

Author

St. Thomas Aquinas

Source

Two Precepts of Charity

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Latin

Time

1273 1270s 13th century

Era

Middle Ages

Authentication Score 1

Citation

St. Thomas Aquinas. Collationes in decem praeceptes [Sermons on the Ten Commandments]. c. 1273, prologue.

We are the children of God.

Apostle Paul

Romans 8:16

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Topic

God and man

Author

Apostle Paul

Source

Romans The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

56 50s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Romans 8:16).